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plants, such as Carex arenaria ; then Thistles and Ragweed as 

 the sands get more stable, with a gradual increase of plant life as 

 one gets further away from what I might call the shifting desert 

 sands, blowing north-east from the Campion strands, a very wide 

 reach at the head of the bay opposite Doe Castle. 



The lecturer concluded by showing many beautiful lantern 

 slides to illustrate his remarks. 



Both papers being open for discussion, Mr. A. M'l. Clelland 

 asked Mr. Foster for information as regards the origin of the 

 name " Slater," and corroborated many of Mr. Welch's statements 

 from his own personal experiences. Miss Elizabeth Andrews next 

 spoke, and was followed by Mr. W. J. C. Tomlinson, who warmly 

 thanked Mr. Foster for his paper, which he thought was the best 

 exposition of the subject to which the Club had ever listened. 

 Mr. Tomlinson wished to know what the geological structure 

 underlying the Rosapenna sandhills was like, and the probable 

 age of the sandhills. 



Mr. Foster having briefly replied, Mr. Welch, answering Mr. 

 Tomlinson, said it was very difficult to see exactly what kind of 

 rocks the sand was deposited on, since there was no exposure 

 showing even a raised-beach platform, as could be seen in the 

 sandhills of Portstewart and Newcastle. So far as he could see, 

 the Tramore sands must have been formed in a hollow between 

 the mainland and Rossgull. The bottom layer was probably very 

 fine sand. 



The meeting then concluded. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



The Fifty-first Annual Meeting was held in the Museum on 

 7th April. The President (Rev. Canon Lett, M.A., M.R.I. A.), in 

 opening the meeting, referred to the loss which the Club had 

 sustained by the death of the late Lord Mayor of Belfast (Mr. 

 R. J. M'Mordie), and proposed a vote of sympathy to Mrs 



